Ross County needing to win a game ugly to break run of poor results, says boss Derek Adams

Despite Melvin De Leeuw's second half strike, Derek Adams saw his side fail to win for the sixth successive game.

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ROSS County manager Derek Adams feels his team may have to win ugly to end a frustrating spell during which he feels they have not had any luck.

County have gone seven games without victory and face one of the most difficult assignments in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday when they travel to Tannadice to face a Dundee United team who have scored 21 goals in five games.

But Adams believes they are not far away from turning the corner after losing each of their last three games by one goal, against Hibernian, Kilmarnock and Motherwell.

The County boss said: "We have got a wee bit more continuity and players back from injury and suspension. The players that have been here for a while are finding their form again, the new players are settling in a lot better.

"I'm definitely seeing that we can cause teams problems. I just feel we are not getting the wee break our displays deserve.

"I think we've been very unfortunate at times this season. It summed up our fortunes on Saturday when Richard Brittain hits the bar and 30 seconds later Motherwell score with a deflected goal. There was nothing in the game before that.

"We are finding ourselves having to climb a mountain in games. But the second-half performance, the players responded well and it was all down to them to show the hunger and desire to get back into the game. I feel we should have won the game in the end.

"We probably need to win a game ugly rather than through good play."

To that end, County are likely to attempt to soak up the pressure that is sure to come their way at Tannadice and try to hit United on the break.

"You have to deal with the threats that they have got and they have very good threats," Adams said. "But they do take chances, they get forward in numbers.

"If they lose possession we have to see if we can exploit the areas where they are short. But every game in this division is difficult for us and we have shown over the last year how well we can do."